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Top 10 Psychotic Drill Sergeant Characters
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Luckily, I didn't have one that was psychotic lol but did get to be around some royal aholes at my permanent duty station......
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In 1986, my Senior Drill Sergeant had an overbite that gave me the impression he was always smiling. Kinda sadistic. All the others just looked angry.
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I was 22 when I became a Drill Sergeant in 1989, E-5 and I do believe the youngest ever. Graduated Honor Grad. Got out of the active Army in '93 and joined the Guard in NV. Around '99 I was at a bar and a guy walked up and said "are you still an a-hole?" I asked him what he was talking about and he said "sorry, you remind me of a Drill Sergeant I had in VA". Then he saw my tats n realized I was his Drill. I told him he really needed to get a life if I upset his "feelings" so bad 8 yrs ago that he still remembers it. Small world though.
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Walker & Hodge, the two Air Force drill sergeants i had in basic, back in 73.
Hodge had only one more flight to train, and then was going to retire to his pig farm, somewhere in Texas, so he wasn't a hard *** at all.
Walker liked to pinch you in the side, to get your attention, when you were F*#%@&G up, but that's about the worst discipline that was dished out.
Hodge had only one more flight to train, and then was going to retire to his pig farm, somewhere in Texas, so he wasn't a hard *** at all.
Walker liked to pinch you in the side, to get your attention, when you were F*#%@&G up, but that's about the worst discipline that was dished out.
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Fort Sill, OK. The year was 1984. The Army was trying to improve their image. Remember the "Be all you can be" campaign?
New rules for all sorts of things. Drill Sergeants were having trouble letting go of old habits. One new rule was that they couldn't insult the family members of the recruits! Also....They couldn't order you to do more than 20 push-ups at a time, they couldn't punish by denying food or water, etc.
I was there.
At the time, it seemed strict and harsh. Compared to some screamer Foremen I have seen, the Army was a prelude to life.
I've thought that it would be fun to go back and go through Basic Training again as long as I didn't have to remain in the Army afterwards. The training, camping, eating "picnic style" in the camp sites, the laughing and fun with the other guys was a great time in retrospect.
New rules for all sorts of things. Drill Sergeants were having trouble letting go of old habits. One new rule was that they couldn't insult the family members of the recruits! Also....They couldn't order you to do more than 20 push-ups at a time, they couldn't punish by denying food or water, etc.
I was there.
At the time, it seemed strict and harsh. Compared to some screamer Foremen I have seen, the Army was a prelude to life.
I've thought that it would be fun to go back and go through Basic Training again as long as I didn't have to remain in the Army afterwards. The training, camping, eating "picnic style" in the camp sites, the laughing and fun with the other guys was a great time in retrospect.
2 years after graduation, my best friend from high school enlisted in the Army. Shortly before he went off to basic training, we watched the 1957 movie, The D.I. starring Jack Webb. If you find Jack Webb entertaining, this movie is fun to watch. Fast forward a few years, and my buddy ends up being a drill sergeant, himself. I bet he even used the sand flea scene from the movie in his drill sergeant duties. LOL He ended up putting in 20 years in the Army and made quite a career for himself.
Sept-Oct '84 Ft. Dix NJ for me...
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I was in basic and AIT at Ft Sill, OK. We were treated as guests at the reception center. All that changed when the Drills showed up with the cattle cars to take us to the training barracks. I was 25 and probably the oldest in my platoon. They made me platoon guide and put acting platoon Sgt stripes on my shoulder. That meant that every time someone screwed up, got caught goofing off, sleeping etc it was my fault somehow and I got punished right alongside the guilty party.
I learned to listen up, hurry up and wait, and follow orders, regardless.
I never want to go through that again.
BTW, our Drill Sergeants had no filters when it came to language. They sounded like they had watched all 10 movies for training.
I learned to listen up, hurry up and wait, and follow orders, regardless.
I never want to go through that again.
BTW, our Drill Sergeants had no filters when it came to language. They sounded like they had watched all 10 movies for training.
GOLDMYN
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Basic Marine Corps San Diego Jun 1968, I ended up spending 8 years active. What you see in the movies is real.
Burnout68
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Major Payne
“You plotting on me boy”
“You plotting on me boy”
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Anyone still have their "smart book"?
I do. Still haven't read it all.
I do. Still haven't read it all.
I used to, but after the divorce and multiple moves, a lot of the old stuff disappeared...
fishmens67
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Lee Ermey in Full Metal Jacket.
My junior DI was just like him at MCRD in 1980.
We went through 6 junior DI's, all of them were busted down for beating down wise asses in our rank.
My junior DI was just like him at MCRD in 1980.
We went through 6 junior DI's, all of them were busted down for beating down wise asses in our rank.
1 Wild R/T
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I did boot in San Diego in 77 & thats how it was at the time... Wouldn't want it any other way....
fishmens67
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We only graduated with 43.
Fort Benning Ga. One of the 3 DS was always fired up! I swear this dude was just a skeleton covered with skin. Ugly MF! He was so hyped all the time, thought he was using speed or something. I hated that guy. But after graduation, he wasn’t so bad.
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Mine was Sargent Sledge big guy about 6'3 and the hand to hand instructor. The first day he sat us down in the barracks and said any disagreements we will go into a room he was pointing to and said one of us will be coming out and it would be me. Fort Knox 1966.
SlinktRR
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Definitely R. Lee Ermey, and you can choose from two movies: Boys from Company C or full metal jacket. Boys from company c was pretty good for the time and I like that the movie wasn't as polished as Kubrick's FMJ.
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